Rake.



u. c. HARRIS.

RAKE.

I APPLICATION F Lt. CIT-'29. 1914. 7 1 162 955 Patented Nov. 30, 1915. v

Fair

CARL G. HARRIS, OF CHANGE, MASSAUHUSETTS.

RAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Nov. so, leis.

Application filed. October 29, 1914. Seriallt'o. 869,306. I

To (7U whom it may concern:

lie it known that I CARL C. HARRIS, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Orange, in the county of Franl'rlin and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Rake, of which the following is a spoolfication.

This invention relates to a rake and although particularly designed for use in cleaning screens used in connection with water wheels and the like, some of the features of the invention arecapable of use on many hindsot' rakes such as garden and lawn rakes.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide an improved form of rake'teeth which can be made of stamped steel and be practically unbreakable; to provide a con strurtion which will permit of the assembling: oi? the teeth in a comparatively inexpensive manner and will also permit of their being assembled so as to be at any desired distance apart to accommodate. screens of dillcrent gage; to provide a Construction which will be extremely strong and rigid; to provide the teeth with a convenient and incx 'iensiveform of back for holding the material dislodged by the -akeand thusirr crcasin; its capacity; I to provide an imnroved form of stops for allowing the rake to be more readily drawn over the screen bars: and to provide. improved handle attaching'means.

Further features of the invent-ion will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the acc'ompanj, inn drawings in which- Figure. 1 is a perspective View of a rake constructed in accordance with this "inveiy-- tion and shown in position for cleaningla screen; Fig. 2 a. plan of the rake headshowing the handle in section, andFigftl i a sectional view on theline 3'3 of Fig. 2.

Although as I have stated features ofthis invention are capable of general use I hlnve shown them as applied to a rake particularly adapted for cleaning screens and Will," le.- SCl'ilOG tllls particular embodiment ofthe invention in detail. The rake is'made up of a plurality of teeth each consistinsfi'o'fa; body l0 and a back 11 the body having a point 121 at the end opposite the back. 'Eachbf these teeth consists of a. fiat piece of sheet steel stamped out to shape and consequently is substantially unbreakable. The teeth; are

' arranged in parallel planes so that their width is along the direction of motion; transverse to the longitudinal dimension of the rake head. In'this way the teeth can be designed so as, to have any desired amount of material fm this direction and any desired strength. v 1

According to the preferred embodiment of this invention the teeth are secured. together by means of two rods 13 and ll parallel with each other and. extending longitudinally of the rake. head and transterselv with respect to the teeth llhese rods can be spot welded to the teeth if desired but in the form-shown the teeth are perforated and the rods pass through the perforations. Each rod of course has a head on one end and aunt on the other for firmly securing the parts to gethcr and the teeth are separated from each other by tubular separators The teeth abut afi'ainst the square ends of these SQIMll'iltOlS and the arc-held firmly in position. I prefer to enmloy two of these rods 13 and 14. in order to securc'an absolutely rigid and firm construction. In addition to these the" backs 11 are perforated at their ends and another rod 16 passes through them, though the separators are not'necessarily used atthis polnt.

For the purpose of limiting the distance to which the rake teeth can project into the screen, stops are provided preferably be]- tween the two end teeth on each end in the form shown. Each of these stops consists of a shorter-rod 17, having a h'ead'on one end'and a nut on the other, passing through erforations in the two teeth and an additional separator 18 placed on the rod between the teeth. When the nut is screwed up these'two teeth are firmlv secured and the stop securely fixed inposltion in the some manner as the teeth are secured together throughout the length of the rake by the rods 1 3v and 14;. It is to he noted that as the bearing surface of this stop is cylindrical it affords very little resistance to the drawing, of the rake over the screen bars'and doesnot wear. the letter irregularly or to any great extent. Moreover these stops are the ports of the rake which wear the most in actual use andthe' part more likely togive out.

In order to'very greatly increase the life too of the rake the only thine: that is necessary is to loosen the nutson the rods 17 and turn theseparators 18 to another position or replace them by new ones. it is. to he noted that this separator 18,- located as it is near I the points of the two end teeth, serves to keep those two teeth in fixed position. This is an important feature because inactual practice it is generallythe end tooth-that gets bent and the bendingof' the end tooth in a' rake used on a screen would render the rake useless until the tooth was restored to normal condition, But with this construction the liability of bending is very greatly reduced.

For the purpose of securing the handle 20 a pair of clips 21 are provided preferably adjacent to the two central teeth and in this case the separatin, members are reduced in length sufficiently to securely hold these clips in fixed position. Another pair of clips 22 are mounted on the-rod 16 and are free to turn thereon, being separated by a separating member 23. lVith the clips 21 in rigid position and the clips 22 capable of turning it will be obvious that the latter can be moved to the exact positionnecessary in order to secure, the handle 20 to them by means of bolts 24.

It will be seen therefore that an extremely rigid and durable construction is secured which is particularly adapted for the cleaning ofscreens and that many features of the invention are also applicable to rakes of all kinds.

Although I have illustrated and described only a single embodiment of the invention,-

I am aware of the fact that it can be carried out in many other ways without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. 'llwrefore I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described or the use of all features of the invention in screen rakes, hut- 'hat I do claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a rake con'iprising a head having a plurality of rigid teeth, each comprising a flat member ha ving a body provided with a toothed point at one end and having a back at the other end substantiallyat right angles to the body and in the same plane, parallel rods passing through the body of said teeth transversely to the plane thereof for securing them rigidly together and having means thereon for holding them apart. a third rod passing through" the ends of said backs, a handle I parallel with said backs, and means connccted to said third rod and to one of the first named rods for holding the handle.

2. As an article ofmanufacture, a rake comprising a head having a plurality of rigid teeth, each tooth consisting of a fiat member having a body provided with a tooth point at one end and having a back'at the other end substantially at rightangles to the body and in the plane thereof, a pair of parallel rods passing through the bodies of said teeth transverse to the planes thereof for securing them rigidly together and spacing theln apart, a third rod passing through the ends of said backs, a pair of handle clips rigidly supported by the first two rods and a pair of handle clips supported by the last named rod for holding a handle. V

As an article of manufacture, a screen rake having a series of parallel teeth and a back for connecting the teeth together, the tWo teeth at. each end having a stop located between them at a point substantially halfway between the toothed points and the back, and means for rigidly securing said stops'to said end teeth.

4. As an article of manufacture, a screen rake having a series of parallel teeth, a transverse back, and means extending through said teeth for holding them together near the back ends of the teeth, two of said adjacent teeth having a fixed rod extending'aeross the space between them at a point part way between the back and points them, certain of said adjacent teeth havin a rod extending through them. ata point etween the points and rear ends of the teeth,

a tubular separator on said rodbetween the teeth, and means for rigidly securing the rod and separator in position, said separator being materially-spaced from the ends of the teeth.

(5. As an article of manufacture, a screen rake comprising a plurality of independent teeth, and having means for securing them together and spacing them apart, two pairs ofsaid teeth having readily removable and replaceable fixed stops between them near the points thereof and the rest of the teeth having free spaces between them clear to the backs thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

4 CARL G. HARRIS.

lVitnesses:

HAROLD W. BAKER, WILLIAM A. Bamrs. 

